Firebox controller for ableton

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I have decided to post my weekly updates on here. I will be building a 4 channel controller for ableton using concepts from the Maven, Mackie and Aurora controllers and also from my own personal design concepts.

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...you'll notice it mentions you need two for a full-featured MB64. In other words, two is the most a core can support. Another way to find this out would be to see how many components a project can handle, and figure how many modules that equals. Also, I came out of lurking to answer your question... hooray me. :D

Up to 128 DIN pins, and 128 DOUT pins, which is 4* DOUTx4 boards and 4* DINx4 boards - each D*x4 board has up to 4 Shift Registers, each providing 8 pins, for a max of 32 pins per board. It helps to get your terminology correct to avoid confusion.

If you look at the AIN page:

Well, that's AINs, and that's different to DINs; but you were on the right website, and for AINs your answer was correct. I'm glad you un-lurked!

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...you'll notice it mentions you need two for a full-featured MB64. In other words, two is the most a core can support. Another way to find this out would be to see how many components a project can handle, and figure how many modules that equals. Also, I came out of lurking to answer your question... hooray me. :D

currently i have two AINs which supports my 64 pot mixer.

i was just curious as I had seen places where mention using 4 DOUTS / DINS on a single core.

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Let me make another attempt at being helpful and ask: Have you considered sites like Futurlec? Of course their stuff isn't as nice as the ones you're looking at by a long shot, and they can be a little slow on the shipping side. It may or may not be worth the trade-off.

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i've noticed that when I turn a single pot the CC changes. Examining the C code I uploaded it shows that a CC note is sent when the pin voltage change (ie: when i move the pot). The CC note should not change when the pot moves, but it should be sent to ableton indicating that the CC note occurred.

Can't seem to figure out why the CC note is changing when i turn the pot. Software looks ok, as does the hardware.